Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights meets

The Consultative Forum of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) convened from 16 to 17 May in Brussels.

This time the focus was on child protection, third country cooperation and return operations. As permanent member of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights, the Agency joined discussions throughout the event. In the run up to the event the forum also published its annual report, covering the forum’s main activities of 2016 and its recommendations to Frontex senior management and its management board. The 2016 report focused on Frontex mandate under the new regulation and the fundamental rights dimension this entails.